LEARN/CREATE (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

12:00 am

Art of the Western World"Fresh View Impressionism and Post-Impressionism"
Part I: Courbet and his followers rejected the standard academic themes and techniques, Manet shocked Paris, and Impressionists represented the world bathed in color and changing light. Part II: Post-Impressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and C. D

1:00 am

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 7. Circles and Pi"
Investigate the circumference and area of a circle. Examine what underlies the formulas for these measures, and learn how the features of the irrational number pi (π) affect both of these measures. D

1:30 am

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 8. Volume"
Explore several methods for finding the volume of objects, using both standard cubic units and non-standard measures. Explore how volume formulas for solid objects such as spheres, cylinders, and cones are derived and related. D

2:00 am

Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology"Microbial Control"
Microbial Control addresses the different levels of human intervention necessary to control microorganisms. These range from the processing and packaging of our food, to sterilization in hospitals to prevent potentially dangerous encounters with microbes to the use of antibiotics to control infections when they occur.G

2:30 am

Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology"Microbial Interactions"
This program examines the relationships between microbes and other life forms that are essential for most animal life. Although plant materials form the basic food-stuff of most herbivores, they require intestinal microbes to process that plant material into materials animals can use. Examples of both beneficial and harmful relationships are examined. D

3:00 am

Teaching Channel
Teaching Channel invites you to attend visionary K-12 classrooms around the United States. Tap your feet along to a lesson that studies similes with the help of Duke Ellington. Watch an incredible two-woman team tackle algebra with their middle school students, and discover more about the new Common Core State Standards being put in place. D

4:00 am

Looking at Learning....Again Part 2"Mathematics: A Community Focus"
With Dr. Marta Civil. As teachers, we often make assumptions about the knowledge children are exposed to at home. Sometimes it seems that we focus on only reading and writing; Dr. Civil contends that we need to look more carefully at the mathematical potential of the home and that it is essential that schools learn to be more flexible and knowledgeable about students. D

5:00 am

Crafting at the Spotted Canary"Things That Are Shared"
Sharing gifts with friends in an unexpected moment is a warm and sincere gesture of friendship. Make a friendship bracelet with crystals, tie it on your friend's wrist while she makes a wish, when it falls off - her wish will come true. Make a special box that can house memories that you and your friend can share. D

5:30 am

Crafting at the Spotted Canary"Things for Your Pet"
Our pets are our best friends; they need some little gifts that make them feel special. Make a special felted friend, a feline inspired banner, and a little felted kitty toy. D

6:00 am

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home"Salad Days"
From simple mixed greens with garlic vinaigrette to Caesar and Ni oise with fresh seared tuna, there is a salad for everyone.G

6:30 am

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Bistro Style"
Farm fresh lettuces get just a bit of enhancement from a delicious green goddess dressing in Joanne's salad. Her student, Aggie, learns a few simple secrets to making great pie crusts, an they decide to make a savory galette toping their crust with a savory filling of mushrooms and blue cheese. Recipes: Butter Lettuce with Green Goddess Dressing, Mushroom and Blue Cheese Galette. D

Pati's Mexican Table"Lip-Smacking Mexican Meal"
By adding a few key Mexican ingredients to what you'd normally find in an all-American pantry and fridge, you get these to-die-for, lip-smacking dishes. Chicken a la Trash; Everyday Green Salad; Impossible Chocoflan. D

8:00 am

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"I'm Inspired"
Joanne is often asked where her inspirations come from and begins by composing an inspired salad with roasted beets, and then gives her student Charlie some pointers for making honey glazed pork chops and a roasted squash puree. Recipes: Bibb Lettuce Salad with Roasted Beet, Grapefruit and Pecans, Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Orange and Cardamom, and a Roasted Squash and Ginger Puree. Student: Charlie Baldwin, City Gardener. D

8:30 am

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef"Salads The French Way"
Chef Keller creates the kind of wonderful and enticing salads you will find in bistros and brasseries throughout France. Mixed Green Salad with Pear, Almonds and Cheese Filled Baked Potato; Spinach Salad with Poached Egg and Polenta Croutons.G

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Passport to Sardinia"
The island of Sardinia is one of Joanne's favorite places. She created a menu to take her student Di there, fregola with clams and tomatoes and a yellow and green bean salad with cherry tomatoes and basil. Recipes: Roasted Olives with Orange, Bay and Fennel, Fregola, Clams and Tomatoes, and Yellow and Green Bean Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil. D

10:00 am

Martha Bakes"Pound Cake"
Pound cake makes excellent use of the basic building blocks of baking - butter, sugar, eggs and flour - and offers nearly unlimited opportunities for adaptation (incorporating cream cheese or semolina, for example). Martha takes the viewer through variations, starting with the most traditional and finishing with a version inspired by her travels through Asia. D

10:30 am

Simply Ming"Masuhara Morimoto & Lightly Cooked Fish"
On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming Tsai is back in beautiful Napa Valley visiting his good friend, Iron Chef Morimoto who, of course, knows how to demonstrate how to work his magic with all things fish. Morimoto shows us how to first break down a fish and then cook it to maintain its pristine flavor. D

11:00 am

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way"Dinner Party Special"
Jacques develops his own version of Tibetan flatbread, which is cooked in a frying pan. Next, Jacques fixes risotto with broccoli stems.G

11:30 am

Lidia's Italy In America"Yummy Pastas"
Everyone loves pasta, and Lidia is known for her hundreds of super easy and really delicious pasta dishes that can be prepared any day of the week. In fact, this episode contains recipes that are perfect for the busiest of days, including Baked Ziti, Fettuccine Alfredo and Spaghetti with Basil Pistachio Pesto. D

12:00 pm

Art of the Western World"Fresh View Impressionism and Post-Impressionism"
Part I: Courbet and his followers rejected the standard academic themes and techniques, Manet shocked Paris, and Impressionists represented the world bathed in color and changing light. Part II: Post-Impressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and C. D

1:00 pm

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 7. Circles and Pi"
Investigate the circumference and area of a circle. Examine what underlies the formulas for these measures, and learn how the features of the irrational number pi (π) affect both of these measures. D

1:30 pm

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 8. Volume"
Explore several methods for finding the volume of objects, using both standard cubic units and non-standard measures. Explore how volume formulas for solid objects such as spheres, cylinders, and cones are derived and related. D

2:00 pm

Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology"Microbial Control"
Microbial Control addresses the different levels of human intervention necessary to control microorganisms. These range from the processing and packaging of our food, to sterilization in hospitals to prevent potentially dangerous encounters with microbes to the use of antibiotics to control infections when they occur.G

2:30 pm

Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology"Microbial Interactions"
This program examines the relationships between microbes and other life forms that are essential for most animal life. Although plant materials form the basic food-stuff of most herbivores, they require intestinal microbes to process that plant material into materials animals can use. Examples of both beneficial and harmful relationships are examined. D

3:00 pm

Teaching Channel
Teaching Channel invites you to attend visionary K-12 classrooms around the United States. Tap your feet along to a lesson that studies similes with the help of Duke Ellington. Watch an incredible two-woman team tackle algebra with their middle school students, and discover more about the new Common Core State Standards being put in place. D

4:00 pm

Looking at Learning....Again Part 2"Mathematics: A Community Focus"
With Dr. Marta Civil. As teachers, we often make assumptions about the knowledge children are exposed to at home. Sometimes it seems that we focus on only reading and writing; Dr. Civil contends that we need to look more carefully at the mathematical potential of the home and that it is essential that schools learn to be more flexible and knowledgeable about students. D

5:00 pm

Crafting at the Spotted Canary"Things That Are Shared"
Sharing gifts with friends in an unexpected moment is a warm and sincere gesture of friendship. Make a friendship bracelet with crystals, tie it on your friend's wrist while she makes a wish, when it falls off - her wish will come true. Make a special box that can house memories that you and your friend can share. D

5:30 pm

Crafting at the Spotted Canary"Things for Your Pet"
Our pets are our best friends; they need some little gifts that make them feel special. Make a special felted friend, a feline inspired banner, and a little felted kitty toy. D

6:00 pm

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home"Salad Days"
From simple mixed greens with garlic vinaigrette to Caesar and Ni oise with fresh seared tuna, there is a salad for everyone.G

6:30 pm

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Bistro Style"
Farm fresh lettuces get just a bit of enhancement from a delicious green goddess dressing in Joanne's salad. Her student, Aggie, learns a few simple secrets to making great pie crusts, an they decide to make a savory galette toping their crust with a savory filling of mushrooms and blue cheese. Recipes: Butter Lettuce with Green Goddess Dressing, Mushroom and Blue Cheese Galette. D

Pati's Mexican Table"Lip-Smacking Mexican Meal"
By adding a few key Mexican ingredients to what you'd normally find in an all-American pantry and fridge, you get these to-die-for, lip-smacking dishes. Chicken a la Trash; Everyday Green Salad; Impossible Chocoflan. D

8:00 pm

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"I'm Inspired"
Joanne is often asked where her inspirations come from and begins by composing an inspired salad with roasted beets, and then gives her student Charlie some pointers for making honey glazed pork chops and a roasted squash puree. Recipes: Bibb Lettuce Salad with Roasted Beet, Grapefruit and Pecans, Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Orange and Cardamom, and a Roasted Squash and Ginger Puree. Student: Charlie Baldwin, City Gardener. D

8:30 pm

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef"Salads The French Way"
Chef Keller creates the kind of wonderful and enticing salads you will find in bistros and brasseries throughout France. Mixed Green Salad with Pear, Almonds and Cheese Filled Baked Potato; Spinach Salad with Poached Egg and Polenta Croutons.G

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Passport to Sardinia"
The island of Sardinia is one of Joanne's favorite places. She created a menu to take her student Di there, fregola with clams and tomatoes and a yellow and green bean salad with cherry tomatoes and basil. Recipes: Roasted Olives with Orange, Bay and Fennel, Fregola, Clams and Tomatoes, and Yellow and Green Bean Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil. D

Simply Ming"Masuhara Morimoto & Lightly Cooked Fish"
On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming Tsai is back in beautiful Napa Valley visiting his good friend, Iron Chef Morimoto who, of course, knows how to demonstrate how to work his magic with all things fish. Morimoto shows us how to first break down a fish and then cook it to maintain its pristine flavor. D